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Piece
·noun A castle; a fortified building.
II. Piece ·noun One of the superior men, distinguished from a...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Wall
·noun The side of a level or drift.
II. Wall ·noun The country rock bounding a vein laterally.
III...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Wall
Cities were surrounded by walls, as distinguished from "unwalled villages" (Ezek. 38:11; Lev. 25:29-...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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piece
A wench. A damned good or bad piece; a girl who is more or less active and skilful in the amorous co...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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wall
To walk or crawl up the wall; to be scored up at a public-nouse. Wall-eyed, having an eye with littl...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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piece
A little while. 'Stay a piece.' Provincial in the north of England.--Johnson. The common expression ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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wall
for well, is a common vulgarism in the Northern States.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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piece
applied to time : Stay a piece ; i. e. a little while. York.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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wall
he lies by the wall ; spoken of a person dead but not buried. Norf. and Sun .
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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wall
A bank of earth to restrain the current and overflowing of water. (See sea-bank.)
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Chimney-piece
·noun A decorative construction around the opening of a fireplace.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Sea wall
·- A wall, or embankment, to resist encroachments of the sea.
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Wall Street
·add. ·- A street towards the southern end of the borough of Manhattan, New York City, extending fro...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Wall-eye
·noun The alewife;
— called also wall-eyed herring.
II. Wall-eye ·noun A California surf fish (Hol...
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Wall-eyed
·adj Having an eye of a very light gray or whitish color.
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Wall-plat
·noun The spotted flycatcher. It builds its nest on walls.
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Wall-sided
·adj Having sides nearly perpendicular;
— said of certain vessels to distinguish them from those ha...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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London Wall
See Wall of London.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Wall Alley
West out of the Minories (Rocque, 1746-Boyle, 1799).
Former names: Wall's Court" (O. and M. 1677-St...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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cod piece
The fore flap of a man's breeches. Do they bite, master? where, in the cod piece or collar?--a jocul...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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cart-piece
An early battering cannon mounted on a peculiar cart.
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chamber-piece
See chamber
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cross-piece
The transverse timber of the bitts. Also, a rail of timber extending over the windlass of some merch...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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dagger-piece
, or dagger-wood.
A timber or plank that faces on to the poppets of the bilge-ways, and crosses th...
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dragon piece
A strut or abutment.
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face-piece
A piece of elm tabled on to the knee of the head, in the fore-part, to assist the conversion of the ...
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gunner's piece
In destroying and bursting guns, means a fragment of the breech, which generally flies upward.
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hailshot-piece
A sort of gun supplied of old to our ships, with dice of iron as the missile.
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head-piece
A term for the helmet.
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lengthening-piece
The same as short top-timber (which see).
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main-piece
The strong horizontal beam of the windlass, supported at the ends by iron spindles in the windlass-b...
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port-piece
An ancient piece of ordnance used in our early fleets.
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jaw-piece
See rolling-chock
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shoe-piece
A board placed under the heel of a spar, or other weighty mass, to save the deck. In some cases inte...
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sweep-piece
A block at the bottom of the port-sill for receiving the chock of the gun-carriage, and to aid in tr...
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time-piece
, chronometer
An instrument adapted for measuring mean time. The result of many years of study and e...
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vent-piece
The movable fitment which closes the breech and contains the vent in Armstrong breech-loading guns.
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wall-knot
, or wale-knot.
A particular sort of large knot raised upon the end of a rope, by untwisting the s...
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wall-sided
The sides of a ship continuing nearly perpendicular down to the surface of the water, like a wall. I...
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(St.) Alphage London Wall
On the south side of London Wall at No. 13. In Cripplegate Ward Within.
The church stood originally...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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London Wall, Street
West from Old Broad Street to Cripplegate (P.O. Directory).
A street on the line of the old Wall of...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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London Wall Avenue
Out of London Wall at No. 31 (P.O. Directory).
First mention: L.C.C. List, 1901.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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London Wall Buildings
On the north side of London Wall, at Blomfield Street. In Coleman Street Ward (P.O. Directory).
Fir...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Wall of London
Considerable difference of opinion exists as to the date when the walls that encircled the ancient C...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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double wall-knot
With or without a crown, or a double crown, is made by intertwisting the unlaid ends of a rope in a ...
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hand mast-piece
The smaller hand mast-spars.
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piece of eight
The early name for the coin of the value of 8 reals, the well-known Spanish dollar.
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port-piece chamber
A paterero for loading a port-piece at the breech.
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yard-arm piece
An octagonal piece of timber supplied to replace a yard-arm if shot away. It is one-third the length...
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Piece Of Gold
The rendering "pieces of gold," as in (2 Kings 5:5) is very doubtful; and "shekels of gold") as desi...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Piece Of Silver
I. In the Old Testament the word "pieces" is used in the Authorized Version for a word understood in...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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All Hallows, London Wall
On the north side of London Wall at No. 85 (P.O. Directory). In Broad Street Ward. Parish extends in...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Angel Alley, London Wall
See Leathersellers' Buildings.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Augustine by London Wall
See St. Augustine Papey.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ball Alley, London Wall
South out of London Wall. In Broad Street Ward (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799).
First mention: In Ward...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bear Alley, London Wall
Out of London Wall, in parish of All Hallows, London Wall (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Called in P.C. S...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Conduit at London Wall
In London Wall by Moorgate opposite the northern end of Coleman Street, erected 1517 at the charges ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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lies by the wall
i. c. is dead. Spoken between the time of death and burial. Norf. and Suff.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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Hole in the Wall Court
At No. 6o Fleet Street (Lockie, 1810).
Named after the public house so called.
The name is said to...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) James' in the Wall Hermitage
A chapel or hermitage adjoining the north-west corner of the Wall of London near Cripplegate in Farr...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Red Lion Alley, London Wall
See Red Lion Court7.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Three Tun Alley, London Wall
See Drapers' Buildings.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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White Horse Inn, London Wall
See White Horse Yard.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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walking up against the wall
To run up a score, which in alehouses is commonly recorded with chalk on the walls of the bar.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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main-piece of the rudder
The rudder-stock, or piece which is connected by the rudder-bands to the stern-post.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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chamber of a piece of ordnance
The end of the bore modified to receive the charge of powder. In mortars, howitzers, and shell-guns,...
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muzzle of a piece of ordnance
The forward extremity of the cylinder, and the metal which surrounds it, extending back to the neck,...
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